Perforating-machine.



No. 893,420. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

J. O. BAR-CLAY.

PERFORATING MACHINE.

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PERPORATING MACHINE.

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PBRFORATING MACHINE.

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JOHN C. BARCLAY, @F NEW YORK, N. Y.

PERFORATING-MAC.

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fipeciflcation of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December as, 19%. serial No. 39,967.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Joan C. BARCLAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful improvements in Perforating-Machines; an i do hereby declare the tollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the same, such as will enable others s illed in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same My invention relates to improvements in perforating machines, and more particularly to machines of the class employed for perforating or otherwise marking pa er strips or ribbons, such for example as t ose used in the Wheatstone automatic telegra h system and various other automatic an printing telegraph systems; my invention is not limited in its application to the perforating oi telegraph strips and i may use it for any purpose for which marking or perforating machines or mechanism such as described are ada ted.

T re perforating machine herein illustrated and described is a key-board machine having character keys and levers arranged as in typewriting machines, and embodies improvements upon and modificationsof the machines for the same purpose illustrated and described in my applications for Letters Patent Sr. No. 314,764, filed May 2nd, 1906, and Sr. No. 338,851, filed Uctobcr 13 1906.

The objects of my invention are to improve and simplify marking and perforating machines such as are employed in telegraph systems; to make such machines more rapid in action, to improve the touch and general working qualities of suchmachines, so that they may be erated without excessive labor on the part 0 the operator even at high speed; to improve and simplify the marking selecting mechanism, and paper feed mechanism, and other sub-mechanisms of machines of this'class; to make the connection between the various key levers and the corresponding punching and spacing devices ver irect; and generally to make the mac ine compact, relatively simple, relatively inexpensive to make, and comparatively noiseless in operation.

The machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings is adapted for erforating paper strips or ribbons or the similar automatic telegraph systems. it may punch said strips according to any deheatstone and sired code, the selecting mechanism being arranged to cause the strip to be fed the proper distance, and to cause the roper arrangement of holes to be punched? for each particular character of the code selected. lhe mechanism of this machine comprises (a) punching mechanism; paper feed mechanism; (0) a key-board comprisin fin ger he s and selecting means operated tiere oy an controlling a propriate devices of the punching and paper eed mechanisms, where by at each operation of a finger key, the proper combination is set up to punc thischaracter in the strip, and by which space determining means are operated to regulate the feeding of the paper strip to correspond with the s ace occupied y each character so punche (d) power mechanism, independent of but controlled by the keys, whereby the actual work of feeding the paper and of unching is performed by a motor, preferab y a continuously running motor.

I will now proceed to describe my invention with reterence to the accom anying drawings, in which one form of pe crating machine embod ing my inventionis illustrated, and wil then point put the novel features in claims. I

in the said drawings: Figured shows a top view of my said perioratin machine, the box containin the paper ree bein shown partly open; ig. 2 shows a front e evation of the machine; Fig. 3 shows a detail side view of the key-board mechanism, the frame of the key-board, the selecting bars, and certain other parts being sectioned; Fig. 41 shows a top view of the right hand )ortion of the mac line, the punching hea and certain other parts being shown in section; Fig. 5 is a detail top view of a portion of the paper feeding device; Fig. 6 is a detail face view of a portion of the paper feeding device; Fig. 7 is a detail rear view of the paper feeding mechanism; Fig. 7 shows in detail parts of the stop adjusting mechanism; Fig. 8 shows a central vertical section through the puncg mechanism on a plane parallel with the front of the machine; 9 shows a section through the punching and pa er teed mechanism, the view being taken om the right of Fig. 1 Fig. 10 shows a detail top view of the gearing and clutches through which the punching and pa or feed mechanisms are driven; Fig. 11 s ows a front elevation of these parts; Fig. 12 shows a detail top' View of the clutch through which the punching mechanism is driven; Fig. 13 is adetail elevation of the contact device for closing the circuit of the paper feed magnet Fi s. 14 and 15 are detail views of the friction drlve of the paper feed mechanism; Fig. 14 being a face viewof such mechanism w1th the perforated disk thereof removed, and Fig. 15 being --a 7 central vertical section of such mechanism;

Fig. 16 is a detail view of a portion of a strip of paper as punched by the machine; Fig. 17 is a partial front-view and dpartial vertical section of the unching hea head bein bro e'n away progressively on a enlarged; said number 0 different planes to' illustrate the construction of the parts; Fig. 18 is a top view of the lower and middle row punches assembled together, the u per row being re- 'moved and the punch hea not being shown;

Fig. 19 shows a transverse section across a few of the punches on the line w-a: of Fig. 18; -Fi 20 shows asimilar section on line 'yi'y 0 Fig. 18; Fig. 21 shows a similar section on the line z--z of Fig. 18'; Fig.22 shows a top view of the lower row punches assembled, the other punches being omitted; Fig. 23 shows diagrammatically the ivoted selecting bars arranged to raise and ower stopadjusting ushers directly; Fig. 24 shows similarly tl ie use of selecting wires for operating levers 103 of the sto adjusting mech-.

amsm shown .in Fig. 7; Fig. 25 shows similarly the use of selecting wires for operating the carriers of the punch-actuating fingersdirect; Fig. 26 shows similarly the use of tension wires instead of, bars 8 for operating the pusherswhich raise the stop pins; Fig. 27 is a detail top view of the stop pin adjusting mechanism shown in Fig. 7; and Fig. 28 is a detail side view of a line indicator. In said drawings, 1 designates generally a key-board, 2 designates generall a punchin mechanism, 3 designates generally paper feed and spacing mechanism, '4 designates a driv- 111g motor, and 5 designates generally transmission mechanism. The key-board comprises finger keys 6 and corresponding key evers 7, each operating, through selecting devices hereinafter described, certain of two series of selecting bars, 8 and 9, located beneath the key-board. These bars, as shown particularly in Figs. 2, 7, 8 and 23, are mounted upon pivoted links 10 so as to move freely u and down while remaining horizon-- tal at a times, and springs 11 counterbalance the weight of these bars and links and .tend to hold the same upward. Each bar 8,

when depressed by a key lever, effects the adjustment of a stop pin of'the paper feed and spacing mechanisms, whereby the distance t e paper strip is to be fed is regulated. For depressing the appropriate selecting bars of serles 8 and 9, each key lever is provided with one or more lugs 12 (Figs. 3 and '8) located over the particular bars of series 9 which that lever is to operate, and is further. provided with a similar lug 13' located over the particularrbar of series 8 which that lever 1s to operate. Beneath the key levers. and extending transversely across the key-board, is

a universal bar 14 carried by arms 15 mounted upon a shaft 16, and this universal bar is normally held upward by springs 17 (Figs. 1

and 3). When any one of the finger keys is depressed and this universal bar is de ressed,

rotating shaft '16, means, hereina ter described, closes a clutch whereby motor 4 is caused to communicate motionto the punching mechanism. The finger keys have returning springs 18 (Fi 3). The universal bar 14, when returne by its springs 17,

causes an arm 19 (Fig. 13) mounted on shaft 16 to close contact between its contact s ring 20 and an adjustable contact screw 21, t ereby closing the circuit of the restoring magnet of the paper feed mechanism. The paper ers strip 22 passes around suitable guide rol 23 and between tension rollers 24 and 25, through the punching-mechanism 2, around the feed wheel of the paper'feed mechanism 3, and thence through a paper guide 26 to the left hand side of the machine. The front of this guide being open (see Fig. 2) the punched strip passes in complete view of the 0 erator who can thus read it at any time an so be advised of mistakes in punching.

' Punching mechanism. (See particularly Figs. 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 and 1722'inclusive.)-The punchin mechanism comprises a plurality of punc es arranged in three horizontal These holes therefore form no articular character punched,

ut are mere y required for convenience in,

feeding the paper strip through the perforat- 1ng machine and through said transmitter.,

It is preferable that said middle row of holes be punched at the time that the holes making up the character to be marked on said strip are punched, so as to insure exactcorrespondence between those holes which determine the characters, and the holes which determine the feeding of the paper strip.

Hence, the employment of three series of.

punches in this machine. To actuate these punches, two'series of fingers, 32 and 33, are provided; series 32 bein arranged in front of series 33 and to be riven forward thereby. Each such finger 32- or 33, is mounted upon a separate bell crank 34, to which is connected 8. corresponding selectin bar of series 9. Springs 35 tend to hold be cranks 34 up, the position shown in Fig. 8.

seaeao Each finger 32 of the front series, has a head 36 adapted to actuate the ,opposite punch of the lower series 29, said head being above such punch, and therefore out of operative position with respect thereto, at a times, except when the corres onding bell crank 34 carrying that fin er is epressed; depression of any of the bel cranks 34 which carry one of the front series of fingers 32, having the effect of moving that linger down so that its head 36 is opposite the correspondin punch of series 29. Each finger 33 of t e rear series has, in like manner a head 37 adapted to actuate a correspondin punch of the upper series 27, but normalFy out of line with punch, and adapted to be drawn into erewith by depression of the correcrank 34; which bell crank will when the corresponding select- 9 is actuated; and each of such line t sponding hell be depressed ing bar of series these rear fingers 33 is further provided with a second head 38 adapted to actuate that finger of series 32 which is directly in front. A. universal bar 39 carried by ivoted arms 40 and normally held backwar by a spring 41, returns both series of fingers. A driving arm 42 pivoted at 43 and actuated by a cam 44 on a shaft 45, drives forward all of said fin ers each time said cam rotates; but although all of the fingers are thus driven forward, only those finger's actuate punches which have been depressed b their carriers and so brought into. line wit their respective punches. It will be seen, therefore, that by roper selection of selecting bars 9, any desired combination of upper and lower punches, or any punch or unches of either series, may be so ected 8.1M operated.

The punches of series 29 are provided with lugs 46 (Figs. l8, l9 and 22) projecting up between thecorresponding punches of series 28 and each enga ng a lug 47 of the middle row punch imme iately a 'ove it and also a corresponding lug 47 of the punch 28 next beyond. The unches of the upper series 27, each carry a ug 48 (Figs. 4, 8 and 9) engaging a lug 49 (Fig. 8) of the punches 28 beneath. The middle row punches are arran ed in pairs (with one additional punch to t e right as viewed in Fig. 21) the left hand unch ot each such pair (as viewed in Fi s. 'l 8- and 21) having a lug 49 secured to it, t e right hand unch of such pair passing freely through a hole in such lug 49 but having itself a lug 59 which said lug 49 engages. The construction is such that when any unch 27 moves forward, its lug 48 enga es the lug d9 of the pair of middle-row punc es beneath, such in l9 in turn engaging lug 50, and both of sai middle-row punches being carried forward; and that when any punc 29 moves forward its lu 46, on aging the lug 47 of thepunch 28 a ove am engagin unch 28 next beyon The punches are also the lug 47 of the oves both forw'ar only one revolution caused to operate in this manner, to correspond with the conditions of the telegraphic code according to which the holes are to be punched, space being required between the perforations.

To return the several punches, after the driver 42 and fingers 32 and 33 have been retracted, springs are rovided. The several unches 28 of the middle row have each its individual return spring 51. For returning the up or row of punches 27, I provide a pivote universal bar 52 (Fig. 8) engaging all of the lugs 48 of the upper-row punches, and having bell crank extensions 53 (Fi 4) to which are connected springs 54. Y or returning the lower-row unches 29, ll provide same with lugs 55, like ugs 48 but projecting.

downward, and engaging a universal bar 56 actuated by return s rings 57.

Cam shaft 45 by which the driver 42 is operated, revolves intermittently, being driven from the motor 4 through a clutch 58 (Figs. 1, 9, 10 and 12). Said clutch comprises two jaw members, one, 59, driven by gear wheels 60 from the main driving shaft or armature shaft of the motor; the other jaw member, 61 being mounted to slide on shaft 45 and having a spring 62 tending to press it into engagement with member 59. A stop 63 (Figs. l0 and 11) pivoted at 64, normally engages a in 65 carried by this clutch member 61 and he ds it out of engagement with clutch member 59. pressed upon the depression of a finger key, and causes shaft 16 to rotate, an arm 66 (Fig. I) mounted on said shaft, operating through link 67, moves downward a trip 68 (Fig. 11) mounted to move vertically as shown, thus freeing sto 63 from lug 65, and permitting clutch mem er 61 to be forced by But when universal bar. it is de-' her 59, thereby causing shaft 45 to revolve. As trip 68 moves downward, a lug 69 engagin its cam surface 79, forces said trip to the left of Fig. 11 against the pressure or spring 7i, so that said trip is caused to release the stop 62, which is at once pulled down by its spring 72 in position to engage lug 65 again upon the com letion of one revolution of shaft 45. lln t e path of rotation of lug 65 is a s iral throw-out cam 73, which, near the cone usion of one revolution of lug 65,. en-

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ages the same and forces it gradually away om clutch member 59, thus opening the clutch; and at the conclusion of one revolution lug 65 jumps from the end of cam 73 into engagement with stop 62 andis held thereh The construction of t e parts is such it will )8 seen, that'for each de ression of a finger key 0 the cam shaft 44 can occur. Clutch member 61 is mounted to slide upon the shaft 45, but is not directly keyed thereto. lnstead a disk 7 41 forming a backing for spring 62 is secured to shaft 45 and clutch member 58 has a projection 75 (Fig. 10) passing through a hole in disk 74 and engaging a notch 76 in a collar 77 on said shaft 45. V 1

Paperfeed mechanism.Some of the characters of the telegraphic code such as that with which my perforator arranged as shown .is particularlymtended to be used, occu(pymore space than others. It is therefore sirable to cause the pa er to be fed, not the maximum distance eadh time, but only the distance required for the particular character just punched. To this end I em loy a second series of selecting bars, 8, and each finger key, when depressed, operates that selecting bar of series 8 which corresponds to the space on the paper strip occupied b the corresponding character. There may e as many of these seleeting bars, each corresponding to a different len th of feed of the paper strip, as desired. I have shown six such bars, which gives a sufiicient number of different lengths of feed for the articular code which I prefer to employ. or other codes, as for example the ordinary Wheatstone code, I may provide more such bars and devices operated thereby.

The paper strip 22,, after passing through the punching head 30, passes around a feed wheel 78 (Figs. 1, 4, 7, and 9) provided with teeth 79 adapted to enter the middle series of perforations in the paper strip 22, and so to insure uniform feeding of said aper strip by reventin slipping. This wl ieel carries a arge num er 0 stop pins 80, arranged in a circle near the eriphery of the wheel, and ada ted to sli e vertically in said wheel. Eac such pin is surrounded by a spiral sprinigr81, the only purpose of which is to act iction brake or drag thereon to hold said pin against gravity or vibration in any posit1on in which the pin may be adjusted. Above wheel 78 is a plate 82 in which is a notch 83 (Figs. 4, 6 and 7) of a width correspondin to or greater than, the maximum length 0% feed required for any one character of the aper stri In the very end of this notch t ere is a s 0t 84 extending through to the top of plate 82. Above plate 82 there is another plate 85 in which, and in the frame plate 86 above, there is another slot 87 re istering with but-wider than, notch84. he feed drum of wheel 78 is arranged to be ro tated intermittently by means to be describedhereinafter; and prior to the beginning of such rotation, one of the stop pins 80 is moved upward by one of the six stop-setting arms 88 (Figs. 1, 4 and 7) operating through pivoted pushers as hereinafter described; each arm 88 corresponding to, and

arran ed to be operated by, a corresponding one o the series of' selecting bars 8, as herein after described; that particular pin 80 being pushed up, which will permit the wheel 78 to rotate the proper distance by the time the upper end of such pin 80 engages the limiting .rest.

seams shoulder 89 of slot 88. when the pin so raised encounters said shoulder 89 it comes to I rovide an arm 90 carried by a vertically shdable rod 91 (Fig. 7 but arranged also to rotate somewhat, an normally held to the left of Figs. 1 and 4, and ri ht of Fig. 7, by a s ring 92. The end of t arm 90 just clhars shoulder 89, as shown in Fig. 5, but engages any pin 80 which has been elevated, such pin when brought to rest by shoulder 89, bein half in engagement with said shoulder and alf in engagement with arm 90.

I have previouslyex lained that when any of the finger keys 6 is d which drives the shaft 45 is closed and said shaft begins to rotate. Shaft 45 carries a cam 93 for'pressin'g up sliding rod 91 a ainst' the tension of its spring 94 there eing, above cam 93, a pivoted follower lever 95 arranged to be actuated by said cam and when so actuated to engage the lower end of rod 91 and lift same, as clearly appears from Fig. 7;

and said rod, when so raised, is held in such 8 elevated position by a detent 96 engaging a shoulder 97 on said rod; the detent being carried upon the armature lever 98 of a release magnet 99; there being a-spring 100 tendin to 1presslever 98 away from the ma et an so olding detent 96 underneath shoulder 97. The circult of this magnet 99 is controlled b the contact device 2021 of the key-boar previously mentioned. Such contact is, as previously stated, closed upon the release of any finger key which has been depressed; and when so closed the circuit of the magnet 99 is completed, and said magnet attracts its armature, moving the detent 96 from beneath the shoulder 97 and so permitting rod 91-to descend. 5

I have previously explained that when one of the stop pins 80 comes to rest against shoulder 89 it rests partly against said shoulder and partly against arm 90. The arts are shown in this osition in Fig. 5. en, as previously exp ained, shaft 45 begins to rotate and rod 91- and arm 90 .are raised by the action of cam 93, arm 90 rises above sue stop pin 80 and is thrown back by spring 92 over the head of such pin 80. When ma et 99 is energized as above described,an releases rod 91, said rod is pressed downward by its spring 94, the arm 90 pressing down the stop pin 80 which has been raised, the wheel 78 then rotating until another pin 80, (raised, as hereinafter described, when the finger key which started shaft 45 in operation was depressed,) encounters arm 90 and shoul- To restore the pins 80 to first position epressed theclutoh 5 80' der 89 and comes to rest. The wheel 78 when-thus rotated carries onward the paper strip 22.

As previously stated the distance through which the wheel 78 thus rotates is regulated by operating one or another of the arms 88 to. raise one or another of the stop pins 8. One

3 any eeaaao important feature of my invention resides in the means whereb these arms 88 are raised. 1 have found it quite important to raise these arms a constant distance always and also do the work of raising them by power, thus to slide vertically, and rovided with a s ring,

105 restim upon the to lower lever 95 o cam 93 on sha t 45. When this follower lever is raised, therefore, driver 104 will be raised. Arms 88 are provided with notches 106 which prevent sliding member 104 from actuating one -of said arms unless that arm has been pushed forward by its rocker arm 103. if any one of said arms has been pressed out ward by its rocker arm 103 when member 104. rises, such arm 88 will be" raised.

in the particular construction shown, for convenience the arms 88 do not engage the stop pins 80 direct, but through one or another of a series of transversely-arranged pivoted pushers 101. Each such pusher me, over the particular arm 88 which is to operate it, a lug 101 (Fig. 7) deep enough to cause that arm 88 to operate said pusher, but not the others. The several lugs 101 are of progressively greater'depth from the pivot outward, to compensate for increase of distance from the pivotal point. lt'will be seen that by this mechanism, the finger keys merely do the work of selecting the particular space-regulating or stop-setting arm 88 to'be operated; and that the work of raising said arm, and with it the corresponding )usher 101, and the stop-pin 80 of wheel 78 directl above the end of said pusher, is performs by the power-driven mechanism actuated by cam 93 on shaft also, that it is assured that each stop pin will be raised the full distance necessary to insure arrest of the wheel 78 when such stop pin engages shoulder 89. 1 do not limit myself, however, to operating the rocker arms 103 by selecting bars 8; but instead may use other selecting devices adapted to be actuated by finger layer-for example, tension wires 8, as indicated in Fig. 21. In Fig. 26 I have shown spacing mechanism comprising pivoted levers 88, directly connected to and actuated by tension wires such as 8, and operating through pusi 101' to raise the stop pins 80, the pins being raised, therefore, by the direct action of the finger lreys transmitted through the tension wires. This arrangement is covered in my application Sr. No. 338,851 before referred to. But since it has been found diflicult, without making the tension wires long,

being normally closed.

to cause all of the lreys to raise the pins 80 sufficiently without some of the lreys raising the pins 80 more than is necemary or desirable, I prefer to do the actual work of raising the stop pins by power-operated means, such as the slide 1041, as shown in Fig. 2 1, as such power-operated means always raises the stop pins a suflicient distance and a practically uniform distance. it is still preferable to do the work of raising the pins 80 by power, even when the finger keys actuate the spacing mechanism through bars such .as'8, instead of through tension wires; but since bars mounted as are bars 8 are de ressed substantially the same distance y any key-lever of the keyboard, and in turn move leversconnected to them through substantially the same distance, no matter what key-lever may actuate them, 1 may emplo mechanism in which the work of raising t e stop pins 80 is performed di rectly by the action of the finger keys, transmitted through bars 8. Such a cpaemg mechanism is shown in Fig. 23, in which the bars 8 are shown connected to levers 88 actuating directly push-pins 101 located beneath the circle of the stop-pins 80.

Instead of operating the carriers 84 of the punch-actuating fingers 32 and 33 by means of selecting bars 9, may use tension-wire selectingmembers as shown particularly in Fig. 25.

Pa or feed wheel 78 is rotated by a shaft 107 Figs. 7 and 9) driven by gearing 108 and a shaft 109, the latter shaft driven from the motor a through a friction driving device 110 (Figs. 10, 11, 1 1 and 15) and a jaw clutch 111 (Figs. 9 and 10) like 'aw clutch 58 of the punching-mechanism s aft 45, but controlled by a finger lie 112, said clutch hefriction driving device 110 comprises a gear wheel arranged to be driven from gearing 60, and having within it a chamhcrcontaining a spiral spring 113 ,one end of which is secured to the hub of a disk 11 1 carrying one of the jaw-members of clutch 111; the other end of said spring carrying a friction pad 115 bearin against the periphery of the gear 110. %he con struction is such that when gear wheel 110 revolves, the friction of its eriphery a ainst cushion 115 tends to drive isk 11 1 an so to drive shafts 109 and 107 throu h clutch 111; but if the feed wheel 78 be helr? against rotation, through engagement of one of its stop pins 80 with stop shoulder 89 (Fig. 5); then the wheel 110 will slip over pad 115, shafts 109 and 107 remaining stationary. As soon as the wheel 78 is released, however, the shafts 1011 and 107 iclr up instantly, and rotate said wheel. dillhen one of the stop pins again arrests the rotation of the wheel 78, the wheel 110 at once slips over the cush'on 115, permitting the shafts 109 and 107 to. come to rest immediately without a pm 117 which will enter one of the strain on .the parts. The clutch 111.is provided to facilitate introduction of the pa er strip into the paper feed mechanism. T "s clutch, when opened, permits the feed wheel 78 to be turne freely in either direction; a

great convenience when introducing the punching and paper feed mechanism, I em-- ploy the friction wheels 24 and 25, above mentioned. Wheel 25 is positively driven by a shaft 119, through a friction drive 120 (Fig. 4) but in a: direction opposite that of travel of the paper strip past it. The other wheel, 24, is a. s ring-pressed idler.

Operation.' e operation of the machine is as follows: The paper stri 22 having been threaded ast the guide ro ers 23, between tension ro ers 24 and 25, through the slot between .the punch-frame 30 and die-plate 31, around thefeed-wheel78, and through the guide 26, when one of the finger keys 6 is de' ressed a corresponding" combination of se ecting bars 9 is actuated; the bellcranks 34 connected to the bars 9 so operated,

and the punch-actuating fingers 32, or 33, or both 32 and 33, carried thereby, being drawn down. At the sametime, one of the selecting bars 8 is actuated, by the same finger key, and is caused to move its corresponding arm 88 (1F ig. 7) into position to be engaged by sliding member 104. At the same time, clutch 58 is closed and shaft 45 begins to rotate, causing cam 93 to raise rod 91 carrying the stop-pin restoring-arm 90, and to raise slide 104, so carrying up the particular stop-pin setting-arm 88 and ivoted pusher 101 corresponding to'the gelkey which was depressed. The selected stop-pin 80 of wheel 78 is thereby raised into position to arrest the wheel 78 at the proper point. Cam 44 on shaft 45 being also revolved, driver 42 is pressed in, carrying with it the punch-actuatlng fingers 32 and 33; and those of said'fingers which have been drawn down into 0 erative position, as previously described, "ve forward their correspondinghpunches27 and'29; the

proper centerpnnc es, 28, being carried forward'with the upper and lower punches 27 All of these operations and 29 actuate occur ost mstantly uon the depression of the er key 6. H en said/key is released, as it should be instantly, the circuit of release magnet 99 is completed by contact device 20e21,-and the rod 91 (Fig. 7) is herein fulfils thereby released and is forced down by its spring 94, carrying with it the restoring arm 90 and depressing to normal position that stop 80 which has been hol the feed whee 78 stationary. Y Said feed w eel; then revolves until that stop pin 80 which was raised upon the de ression of the key 6 'ust released, arrests t e motion of the wheel. The feed wheel, in so rotatin carries the paper strip 22 forward a variab e distance, depending upon the space required for the character just punched. At the conclusion of one revolution of shaft 45 the clutch 58 is opened automatically as pre viously described and the shaft comes to rest; the parts of the machine being then in readiness for the depression of the same or any other key of the keyboard and for the punching of the corresponding character on the stri 22 and the. feeding of the strip forward t e proper distance, all as just explained.

In a machine of .this sort, designed to be operated at high. speed and to be operated continuously for hours at a time, it is of the utmost importance that the touch and other quahties of the action of the machine which afiect the rapidity of operation and the comfort of the operator, shall be the best possible. In particular, the touch must be light, the response to the depression of the keys must be instantaneous, and the punching must be performed with exceeding rapidity, so that'no matter how fleeting the duration of the pressure on the finger key, the' punching shall have been completed before the circuit of the release magnet 99 is closed. The mechanism illustrated and described these requirements. The touch, in particular, is very light, the selecting bars 8 and 9 being light and well bal anced, and being exceedingl easy and 'uick in their movement, and t e only work one by these bars, in the referred embodiment of my-invention, belng the selecting of the punch-operating fingers-and spacedetermining fingers to be operated.

I commonly provide, in connection with the punching mechanism, a chute 121 to eedcarry off the punchings or chips. And I also commonl provide in connection with the paper gui e 26, a simple form of cutting knife 122 for cutting the strip at the conclusion of a message.

I intend the term punches as used in the following claims, to be generic to any device ada ted to be actuated in the manner, described "or marking a paper strip or the like.

When my perforator is used in connection with a printing telegraph system the receiving printers of which are of the page-printing type, I may employ in connection with the perforator a line indicator, to show the op erator'when a line has been filled. One form seaeao of line indicator 1 show in lFi s. 1 and 28, the same comprising a rotary W eel 123 having on its periphery a series of numbers indicating letter-spaces in the line printed by the receiving printer; a ratchet wheel 124 connected to said wheel 123; a pawl 125 carried by an arm 126 on the universal shaft 16 and arranged to advance said ratchet wheel 124 and number wheel 123 step by step as the till finger keys 6 are depressed; a pin 128 arranfed to engage a cam surface 127 to throw sai pawl out of engagement with the ratchet wheel at the conclusion of a stepand to keep it out of such engagement until arm 126 begins to descend again; a spiral spring 129 tending to return wheels 123 and 124 to starting point; a detent pawl 130 normally preventing return of said wheels; and a bar 131 arranged to be rocked by one of the key levers when depressed (in practice, the key lever which causes the punching on the paper strip of the carriage-return character) and arranged when so rocked to release the pawl 130 from wheel 124K. The operation of this device will be obvious.

What I claim is z- 1. A. machine of the class described comprising in combination feed mechanism comprising a movable carrier, provided with stops, a plurality of character members, and

means operated thereby for setting selected sto s of said carrier, comprising a reciproeating driver, and a plurality of stop-setting members movable therewith and also movable into and out of engagement therewith, and selecting means operated by said character members for moving selected stop-setting members into engagement with said driver.

2. A machine of the class described comprising in combination feed mechanism comprising a movable carrier, provided with stops, a plurality of character members, and means operated thereby for setting selected stops of said carrier, comprising a driver, means for transmitting power thereto controlled by said character members, a plurality of stop-setting members movable with said driver and also movable into and out of engagement therewith, and selecting means operatedby said character members for moving selected stop-setting members into engagement with said driver.

3. A machine of the class described comprising in combinationfeed mechanism comprising a movable carrier, providedwith steps,

a plurality of character members, and means operated thereby for setting selected stops of said carrier, comprising a driver, a plurality of stop-setting members movable with said driver and also movable into and out of en.- gagement therewith, corresponding stoppushers, one for each such stop-setting memer, located between same and said stops, and selecting means operated by said charac ter members for moving selected stop-setting members into engagement with said driver.

4:. A machine of the class described comprising in combination feed mechanism comprising a movable carrier, provided with stops, aplurality of character members, and means operated thereby for setting selected stops of said carrier, comprising a driver, a plurality of arms movable with said driver and also movable into and out of engagement therewith, stopusher arms arranged said driver and to move therewith, the arms of the other series arranged to operate said stops, each arm of the first series arranged to operate a particular arm of the other series, and'means for so moving the arms of said first series,

6. A machine of the class described comprisin in combination a movable carrier provi ed with stops, a driver, a series of arms arran ed to slide into position for engagement by said driverand to move with said i driver, a series oi pivoted arms arranged transversely with respect to the first arms and each arranged to be. engaged and lifted by a corres onding one of said first series, and means $01 so movin the arms of said first series, the arms oi'said second series ar-' ranged to actuate said stops.

7. A machine of the class described comprisin in combination a movable carrier rovi ed with stops, a plurality of character eys, selecting mechanism 0 erated thereby comprising a plurality of se ector bars, and

means for setting said stops comprising stopsetting arms, a reciprocating driver, an means operated by said selector bars for moving a selected stop-settin arm into position for engagement by said river.

8. A machine of the class described comprisin in combination a movable carrier provi ed with stops, a plurality of character eys, selecting mechanism operated thereby comprising a plurality of selector bars, means for setting said stops comprising stopsetting arms, a reciprocating driver, and means operated by said selector bars for moving a se lected stop-setting arm into position ior engagement by said driver, a stop-restoring arm, and means for operating same com rising a cam and a follower, said follower ikewise arranged to operate said driver.

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9. A machine of the'class described, com prising in combination a plurality of character keys, selecting mechanism operated thereby com rising a plurality of selector bars'mounte upon swinging arms and having substantially a paral el movement, and punchin mechanism comprising a plurality of punc es, punch-actuating fingers, and pivoted carriers connected to and selectively actuated by said selector bars and mounted to move in planes substantially parallel to the planes in which their respective selector bars move.

10. A machine of the class described, comprising in combination a plurality of character keys, selecting mechanism operated thereby com rising a plurality of selector bars mounte upon swin ing arms and having substantially a parallel movement, and punching mechanism comprising aplurality of unches, upright actuating fingers, and crank carriers connected to and select: ively actuated by said selector bars and mounted to move in planes substantially parallel to the planes in which their respective selector bars move.

11. A machine of the class described, comprising in combination a lurality of character keys, selecting mec anism operated thereby com rising a plurality of selector bars mounte upon swinging arms and'arranged beneath said character keys and having substantially a parallel movement, and

punching mechanism comprising a plurality of punches, punch-actuating fingers, and

pivoted carriers connected-to and selectively actuated by said selector bars and mounted to move in planes substantially parallel to the planes in which their respective selector 40 bars move.

12. A perforating machine comprising in combination a punch head, punches therein, a series of carrlers movable 1n a d1rect1on transverse to the d rect on of motion of sald.

punches, punch-actuating fingers mounted on said carriers, a driver for said-fingers, a cam therefor, driving means for said cam, a

lurality of finger keys and selector bars selectively actuated thereby and mechanically connected to said carriers and arranged to actuate same selectively, said selector bars mounted to move in planes substantially parallel to the planes in which move the carriers to which they are respectively connected.

13. A combination punching and paper feed mechanism, character members and means operated thereby controlling said mechanisms, a ower member and means operated thereby or transmitting motion to mechanism of said machine comprising an automatically closing clutch, a detent normally holdin said clutch 0 en, a sliding tri movable in t c direction oFmotion of said etent and normally engaging said detent and provided with a cam surface for throwing said trip out of engagement with said detent, means for engaging such cam surface for such urpose, and a bar d arranged to actuate same to release the detent, and means for actuating said bar upon the actuation of any of said character members.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN C. BARCLAY.

Witnesses B. STEIN,

0. A. VAN BaUN'r.

erforating machine comprising in 

